Band clarity
One overall band, plus the exact criterion that is holding you back.IELTS Writing
Write essays, then see the band behind them.
Write Task 1 and Task 2 in a clean test screen. Then see your band score for each of the four official writing criteria.
Writing Studio
Task 2 prompt
Some people think that competition at work, at school and in daily life is a good thing.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Answer
Concrete fixes
Feedback tells you what to change: structure, vocabulary, grammar, and ideas.Repeatable loop
Write, review, rewrite — and watch your band move.Test view
A clean writing workspace for timed essays.
The question on one side, your essay on the other. The timer and word count stay visible but never get in the way.
Feedback view
Overall band, plus criteria-level feedback.
See Task Response, Coherence, Lexical Resource, and Grammar scored separately — so you know exactly what to fix next.
Coverage
Writing tasks covered
Academic Task 1General Task 1Task 2 essaysChartsMapsProcess diagrams
Strategy guides
Read before you practise.
15 guides on writing, built from the band descriptors, with worked examples and model answers.
Task 1
- How to describe a bar chart in IELTS Writing Task 1 Bar charts come in two kinds and they need opposite language. Check whether yours shows a single moment or a period of time before you write a word.
- How to describe a line graph in IELTS Writing Task 1 A repeatable structure for Task 1 line graphs: group the lines by behaviour, keep figures out of the overview, and select three to five features.
- How to describe a map in IELTS Writing Task 1 Divide the map, not the timeline. Describing each visual in turn is guaranteed to cost you marks here, plus the tense rules and location language.
- How to describe a pie chart in IELTS Writing Task 1 One pie or several? The answer decides whether you group by size or by what changed. Giving each chart its own paragraph caps you at band 6.
- How to describe a process diagram in IELTS Writing Task 1 Process diagrams follow different rules: the voice depends on whether the process is natural or man-made, and the overview needs more than a count.
- How to describe a table in IELTS Writing Task 1 A table hands you more numbers than any other Task 1 question and expects you to use six. How to choose which, and why rows versus columns is a myth.
- How to describe mixed charts in IELTS Writing Task 1 Two visuals, one answer, still 150 words. Whether you compare across them or handle them separately depends on one thing: do they share categories?
- IELTS Writing Task 1: Academic charts and GT letters Task 1 is the half of IELTS Writing candidates prepare least. What each version asks for, how it is marked, and the mistakes that cap the band.
Task 2
- IELTS Advantages and Disadvantages Essay: the outweigh trap Two prompts look identical and want different essays: 'advantages and disadvantages' needs no opinion, 'do they outweigh' demands a verdict.
- IELTS Discussion Essay: the order that scores Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Cover the side you disagree with first, then your own with more weight, plus a full model essay.
- IELTS Opinion Essay: the band 7 rules for agree or disagree Agree or disagree questions want one side, held consistently, for four paragraphs. The structure, a full model essay, and what caps you at band 6.
- IELTS Problem and Solution Essay: structure and model answer Every solution must fix a cause you already named. That single rule separates a band 7 problem and solution essay from a band 6 one.
- IELTS Two-Part Question Essay: structure and model answer Two direct questions, one paragraph each, both answered. The most forgiving Task 2 type, and the easiest to fail by answering only one.
- IELTS Writing Task 2 topics: the themes that keep appearing The recurring Task 2 topic families, the four question formats they arrive in, and how to prepare ideas without memorising essays.
FAQ
Writing questions, answered.
Can I practise Task 1 and Task 2 separately? +
Yes. Each task can be written on its own in a timed screen, with the question on one side and your essay on the other. Full mocks are there when you want the whole paper, but most useful practice is one task at a time.
What feedback do I get on an essay? +
An overall band, plus a separate score for Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy, with what to change in each. Seeing them apart is the point: the average tells you where you are, the four tell you what to do.
Does it cover General Training letters as well as Academic charts? +
Yes. Academic Task 1 charts, tables, maps and process diagrams are covered, and so are General Training letters. Set your test type once and the practice matches the paper you will actually sit.
How do I find out which criterion is holding my band down? +
By having the four scored separately rather than averaged into a single number. It is the one thing you cannot judge in your own writing, because the criterion you are weakest on is usually the one you cannot see.
Is it better to write more essays, or fewer with feedback? +
Fewer, with feedback between them. Writing thirty essays without feedback mostly practises the mistakes you already make, which is why writing moves more slowly than Listening or Reading do.
Can I check an essay before paying for anything? +
Yes. The IELTS writing checker is free and scores an essay against the same four criteria, so you can see where you stand before committing to a plan.
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